Stories Speak Through Art at Final Spotlight Exhibition on Display at Ohio Governor’s Residence October – December 2018 Featuring the work of nine Ohio artists chosen by Ohio First Lady Karen W. Kasich with the assistance of the Ohio Arts Council, the exhibition serves to recognize the talented African-American artists living and working throughout the state and celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Harlem Renaissance. October 31, 2018 Art, artists, For Artists, For the Public, Public, Spotlight Anna Arnold, Antoinette Savage, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Clifford Darrett, Columbus, Cuyahoga County, David Buttram, Dayton, Elijah Pierce, Exhibition, Featured Artists, First Lady, Franklin County, Governor's Residence, Hamilton County, Harlem Renaissance, Karen W. Kasich, Kelly Phelps, Kyle Phelps, Lisa McLymont, Montgomery County, OAC, Ohio Arts Council, Omar Shaheed, Pepper Kojo, Spotlight Read More »
Students Explore Self-Expression in Ohio Civil Rights Commission Youth Art Exhibition Project Snapshot and Envision Project participants learned how to process film and take photos in preparation to display their photography at the Ohio Civil Rights Commission Youth Art Exhibition. June 13, 2018 Art, For Artists, For Educators, For the Public, News Cincinnati, Cleveland, Cleveland Print Room, Cuyahoga County, Envision Project, Hamilton County, Manifest Drawing Center, OAC, Ohio Arts Council, Ohio Civil Rights Commission, Ohio Civil Rights Commission Youth Art Exhibition, photography, Project Snapshot Read More »
Two Ohio Companies Receive Grants to Produce Shakespeare Plays and Programming Cincinnati Shakespeare Company and Cleveland’s Great Lakes Theater Awarded Shakespeare in American Communities Grants from Arts Midwest and the National Endowment for the Arts June 6, 2018 Art, For Organizations, For the Public, NEA, News, Organizations Arts Midwest, Cincinnati, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Grants, Great Lakes Theater, Hamilton County, National Endowment for the Arts, NEA, Ohio Arts Council, Shakespeare in American Communities, William Shakespeare Read More »
Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery Opens Women to Watch Ohio - 2018 through July 7 Women to Watch Ohio - 2018, on view at the Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery, was organized in partnership with the Ohio Advisory Group of the National Museum of Women in the Arts. This exhibition, curated by Ann Bremner and Matt Distel, features 10 Ohio women artists who work in metal. May 24, 2018 Art, artists, Engage, For Artists, For Educators, For the Public, Riffe Gallery Metal, Ohio Artists, Women Artists, Women to Watch, Bowling Green, Butler County, Carmel Buckley, Carol Boram-Hays, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Cuyahoga County, Franklin County, Hamilton, Hamilton County, Kelly Malec-Kosak, Leila Khoury, Llewelynn Fletcher, Marissa Saneholtz, Mary Jo Bole, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Ohio Advisory Group, Olga Ziemska, Oxford, Riffe Gallery, Susan R. Ewing, Tracy Featherstone, Wood County Read More »
Ohio Receives Second-Largest NEA Partnership Agreement Grant for 9th Straight Year More than $1.4M in grants awarded to organizations in Akron, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dublin, Kent, Somerset, and University Heights May 9, 2018 Art, For Organizations, For the Public, Invest, NEA, News, Organizations Akron, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Cuyahoga County, Dublin, Franklin County, funding, grant, Hamilton County, Kent, National Endowment for the Arts, NEA, OAC, Ohio Arts Council, Perry County, Portage County, Somerset, Summit County, University Heights Read More »
Come to the Ceili: Cincinnati's Riley School of Irish Music Receives an Ohio Arts Council Heritage Fellowship Award Dedicated to the pursuit of Irish music, the Riley School received an Ohio Arts Council Heritage Fellowship Award for Community Leadership last fall. March 19, 2018 artists, For Artists, For Organizations, Organizations Cheryl Hainey, Cincinnati, Community Leadership, Fiddle, Hamilton County, Heritage Fellowship Award, Irish Music, OAC, Ohio Arts Council, Riley School, Susan Cross Gilligan Read More »